Question

how does black hawk’s rhetoric in this excerpt advance the viewpoint selected in part a? when i saw that i could not beat you by indian fighting, i determined to rush on you, and fight you face to face. i fought hard. but your guns were well aimed. the bullets flew like birds in the air, and whizzed by our ears like the wind through the trees in the winter. he uses alliteration to emphasize the elements of nature around him during battle. he uses similes that indicate that he sees experiences through nature’s lens. he uses onomatopoeia to help the reader hear the wind that he hears. he corrects or qualifies statements using

Explanation:

The excerpt uses comparisons ("bullets flew like birds", "whizzed by our ears like the wind") which are similes. These draw on natural imagery to frame Black Hawk's battle experience, showing he perceives events through a nature-based perspective. Alliteration is not the key rhetorical device here, and there is no onomatopoeia or qualifying statements as the main strategy.

Answer:

He uses similes that indicate that he sees experiences through nature's lens.